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"cool as a kite" - an idiom?



 
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"cool as a kite" - an idiom? #1 (permalink) Thu May 10, 2007 22:19 pm   "cool as a kite" - an idiom?
 

Hi everybody,
do someone know the expression "cool as a kite"?
The whole phrase is:
Tom is here! He's cool as a kite!

Thank you for helping me
Emma
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"cool as a kite" - an idiom? #2 (permalink) Thu May 10, 2007 22:46 pm   "cool as a kite" - an idiom?
 

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There is an idiom "be as high as a kite". Click this link:
high as a kite

There are a number of idioms with the word 'cool':
cool idioms

The expression "cool as a kite" is not an idiom or common expression.
It may simply mean "Tom is cool":
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cool
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"cool as a kite" - an idiom? #3 (permalink) Thu May 10, 2007 22:51 pm   "cool as a kite" - an idiom?
 

Thanks for your suggestion, Yankee!
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